2B Lower Wishbone Balljoint- Nut Securing

[baj25]

I put my front suspension back together last night and came to put a split pin through the male thread of the lower balljoint, just above the torqued up nyloc. I blunted 2 drills in about 1 minute! I guess the ball joint material is seriously hard- any other ways of securing without having to drill? Or do i just need to buy some better drills? TIA, Brian

[Guest mower man]

Cobalt drill and take your time!! ,but why pin as well as nyloc ? mowerman

[Guest sandy77uk]

i've just used a nyloc on mine, hasn't budged when i checked during my spanner checks recently

[baj25]

I've had just a nyloc on mine for the last 5 years, but there is some history of them coming loose, so while I was doing jobs in the area I thought I would pin it as well. Bri

[Guest Ian & Carole]

What tends to happen is that people think they can use Nylocs over and over again.

Really they are a "once only" especially on things like ball joints.

On stuff like carb mountings they can be re-used but I would never recommend it on any running gear type application.

[speedtripledan]

It's not the nyloc that came loose it was the ball joint into the arm or the dummy strut. When I changed my lower ball joints they were so tight I could barely move them with a 3ft breaker bar! Just use new nylocs and you will be fine